新课标小学英语阅读100篇 57

　　57.Letters字母

　　A father asked his son.父亲问他的儿子。

　　"How many letters are there in the alphabet¹?"“怎么字母表里有多少个字母?”

　　"I don't know," said² his son .“我不知道,”他的儿子。

　　" You  don't  know? “你不知道吗?

　　You have been at school for many years 你一直在学校多年来

　　and you don't know how many letters和你不知道有多少字母

　　there are in the alphabet?" He became³ angry.字母表里有吗?“他生气了。

　　His son said, "No, but let me ask you a question. Dad.他的儿子说:“不,但让我问你一个问题。爸爸。

　　You work in the post office. don't you? 你在邮局工作。不要你吗?

　　Then tell me how many letters are there in the post office?"然后告诉我多少封信里有邮局吗?”

　　The father didn't know what to say.父亲不知道该说什么。

　　WORD BANK

　　alphabet／‘zelfalxt／n.字母表

　　post of fice n．邮政局

1 alphabet   

n.字母表，符号系统

参考例句：

• There are 26 letters in the English alphabet.英语字母表中有26个字母。
• The last letter of the alphabet is Z.字母表的最后一个字母是Z。

2 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

3 became   

v.(become的过去式)成为

参考例句：

• He became a doctor at the age of 27.他27岁时成了一名医生。
• He became a millionaire when he was still young.他还年轻时就成了百万富翁。